The S&P 500 and Dow stock gauges were little changed on
Monday, with investors reluctant to make new bets because the
Federal Reserve is expected to begin slowing its stimulus, while
the Nasdaq composite index rose on large-cap technology shares.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.09
percent and the S&P 500 0.13 percent. The Nasdaq
Composite was up 0.33 percent.

** INTEL CORP, $22.35, up 2 pct (1:36 p.m. ET)

Brokerage Piper Jaffray & Co upgraded the Dow component to
"neutral" from "underweight" and boosted its share-price target
as it expects the company's "2014 revenue to grow in the
mid-single digits after two years of decline."

"We expect a modest corporate refresh cycle, driven by the
end of support for Windows XP in April 2014, coupled with the
release of Windows 8.1 in Q4 (fourth-quarter)," Piper Jaffray
analyst, Auguste Gus Richard wrote in a note to clients.
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